Nick's IB7

[Nickosaurus]

So the shipment's arrived and China got a couple of things wrong:

- rosewood instead of maple board
- no reverse stock
- no frets installed (???)

No fault of Adam's, just a bit of a kicker. Luckily though, the kit looks mighty nice regardless and I'm definitely keen on building it. So whilst Adam is sorting out some fret installations, I've got a couple of preliminary questions.


I was going to do a trans purple finish, but because the maple board isn't happening now I won't get the contrast I wanted. Doing a quick browse of finishes I've come upon PRS' faded denim blue finish.



I love it. I really really love it. My question is - how do we get that finish?

White wash/timbermate into quilt and then sand back and blue over the top?

Just wash blue because the maple is light enough?

Would love if some finish gurus (Jarrod etc) could chime in here.

Cheers for now.

[dingobass]

Fretless IB7.... I approve!

Unfourtunatly not what you were after though....

You could still go with your first plan, dye the maple with black leather dye and BOOM!

[Nickosaurus]

So it's my 22nd birthday and as fate would have it I got shingles as a present (yay). So with nodes in my neck and jaw the size of golf balls and my face so swollen one of my eyes is forced closed it was to my surprise (and delight) that my baby arrived today.

Here's the neck DB lovingly fretted for me (thanks again mate)



Just a little bit of height on the nut (lol)



Money shot with one pass of a damp cloth on one side to show the grain. Luckily there aren't any nasty glue spots that I can see.




So when 'm sanding this top - since it's so thin I want to sand as little as possible. Should I start around 320/400 or should I still go through 120 etc? It doesn't feel too rough so I'm hesitant about starting in the rougher grits. Anyone with past experience with these tops chiming in would be great.

It begins (again)

[wokkaboy]

nice one Nicko, wondered who's neck was getting fretted by DB.
What are your plans for the stain ? If I put a coat of black down to pop the flames I don't sand the cap at all. First sanding is to remove the black coat. See if you can get an idea of the thickness of the cap looking in pup cavities but generally they are about half a mm thick so good move to start sanding on higher grits, not less than 240 I'd suggest

[stan]

look like your pics didnt link Niko...

Hope you feel a lot better soon, and Happy Birthday

[dingobass]

Happy Birthday Nick!
Hope you get better soon buddy..
I had a look at the body and thought WOW! Its a ripper.
Woks is right, dont go below 240, in fact I would start with 400 as it wont need a lot of sanding.

[keloooe]

Get better soon Nicko, brilliant grain in that body!
Also Happy Birthday!

[Nickosaurus]

Cheers for the thoughts lads. I was going to start sanding today but I feel worse. Shingles are bloody painful! Hoping this at least improves on the next few days. Absolutely brutal.

Gives me time to research how I'm going to wire this thing/search for a suitable dye. Does anyone know of a blue similar to the guitar I posted in the first post? It's not quite aquamarine - definitely mixed.

[wokkaboy]

hey Nicko, get well soon mate, sounds terrible !
Maybe DB can mix you a lighter version of bondi blue for the stain.
So looks like one 3 way switch and 1 volume config, maybe you can coil split the humbuckers with a double push pull volume pot

[Nickosaurus]

Yeah I was thinking about splitting the coils so I can tap them but I'm not sure it'll be worth doing on these cheap Chinese pups. I was thinking about drilling an extra hole through the body and installing a small spdt so I can have an individual control to split just the neck (I've done bridge splits before but I just never use it). Maybe I will just buy a push/pull pot